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An empirical approach to selecting community-based alcohol interventions: combining research evidence, rural community views and professional opinion

Anthony ShakeshaftNational Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, AustraliaBMC Public Health 12:25. 2012

..Given limited research evidence for community-based alcohol interventions, this study examines the intervention preferences of rural communities and alcohol professionals, and factors that influence their choices...

Do community characteristics predict alcohol-related crime?

Courtney BreenNational Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, School of Public Health and Community, Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, AustraliaAlcohol Alcohol 46:464-70. 2011

..This study aims to determine whether there are differences in alcohol-related crime at the community level and examines whether certain community characteristics are associated with increased alcohol-related crime...

Cost-effectiveness of follow-up contact for a postal survey: a randomised controlled trial

Courtney L BreenNational Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052Aust N Z J Public Health 34:508-12. 2010

..This study examines the effectiveness and costs of follow-up phone calls in improving response rates to a community survey...

Alcohol use and risk taking among regular ecstasy users

Courtney BreenNational Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaSubst Use Misuse 41:1095-109. 2006

..Safe sex messages should address the sexual risk associated with substance use and should be tailored to reducing alcohol consumption, particularly targeting "heavy" alcohol users. The study's limitations are noted...